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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Southeast Asian >> Vietnamese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Dissolve the cornstarch in the 2 tbsp of water. Set aside. | 2. Bring water to a boil and put the pork bones inches | 3. Bring back to a boil, then cover and continue to boil the bones for 1 hour. Occasionaly skim the top. | 4. Remove the bones from the stock and discard. Add the salt and the fish sauce to the stock. | 5. Heat the oil in a wok and add the chopped garlic and shallots; add the crab meat and fry for 5 minutes over high heat. | 6. Sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon of black pepper, stirring constantly, then add the crab meat mixture to the soup and bring to a boil. | 7. Add the cornstarch-and-water mixture and stir for a few minutes. | 8. Break the egg open and drop it into the actively boiling soup while stirring. | 9. Cook, still stirring, for about 2 minutes, then drop in the asparagus, along with the liquid from the can and the rest of the black pepper. | 10. Continue to cook until the asparagus is heated through. | 11. Sprinkle the coriander and scallion green over the soup before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
water	2 1/2	quarts		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
pork	2	lb	bone	3411.072	0.0	126.1915	318.155
salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
fish sauce	1	tablespoon		6.3	0.6552	0.9108	0.0018
vegetable oil	1	teaspoon		39.0773	0.0	0.0	4.5333
garlic clove	1		chopped	201.7338	0.0	44.8801	1.1333
shallot	2	shallots	chopped	-	-	-	-
crabmeat	1/2	lb	canned	201.7338	0.0	44.8801	1.1333
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
cornstarch	2	teaspoons		20.32	4.8677	0.0139	0.0027
water	2	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
asparagus	1	can	undrained canned	40.1799	7.7949	4.4198	0.2411
coriander	1/4	cup	chopped	0.92	0.1468	0.0852	0.0208
scallion	1/4	cup	chopped	8.0	1.835	0.4575	0.0475

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.